L2 learners style-shift in past tense accuracy within narrative discourse according to the amount of planning time available¶
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q2 i? Style shifting in past tense morpheme use occurs within a single discourse mode (narrative) as a function of available planning time. → Rod Ellis 1987
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Rod Ellis 1987¶
Rod Ellis. (1987). Interlanguage Variability in Narrative Discourse: Style Shifting in the Use of the Past Tense. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, Volume 9, Issue 1. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263100006483
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The study examined style shifting in three past tense morphemes by 17 intermediate L2 learners of English, collecting data under planned writing, planned speech, and unplanned speech conditions. The design isolated planning time "within a single discourse mode—narrative discourse".
"It differs from previous studies in that style shifting is examined within a single discourse mode—narrative discourse—according to the amount of planning time made available."
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Related Claims¶
- Irregular past shows little style shifting across planning conditions — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Past copula style shifting occurs only between planned speech and unplanned speech — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- Regular past tense accuracy is greatest in planned writing, intermediate in planned speech, and least in unplanned speech — a narrower finding that bears on this claim
- The three planning conditions produced different accuracy orders for regular and irregular past, questioning the stability of the natural order — related
- Monitoring significantly improves a second language learner's accuracy on learnable rules (subject-verb agreement, regular past tense) in the most monitored style — related
- Unpressured within-task planning improves accuracy only when attention is guided to form — related
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L2 learners style-shift in past tense accuracy within narrative discourse according to the amount of planning time available |
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L2 learners style-shift in past tense accuracy within narrative discourse according to the amount of planning time available |
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1987 |
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